The Waters Weekly Wrap: October 12-16
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
There were some big announcements this week in terms of partnerships and acquisitions. It just so happens that Dell was at the center of a few of those deals, as you'll see.
There are also a ton of Waters events coming up in New York, Europe and Asia over the next few months.
Big Moves by Dell, Google
Dell Seals $67 Billion Deal for EMC (SST)
Markit Rolls Out Vendor Management Tool in Collaboration with Barclays, HSBC & Morgan Stanley (SST)
Google, SocGen and UBS Join List of Symphony Investors (SST)
Everybody's a Data Storage Company Now (BST)
The Best of the Rest
For Most Buy-Side Firms, Addition of a CDO Not on the Radar (BST)
Regulatory Burden Best Tackled with Strategic Global Technology Approach (SST)
Managers: "It's Compliance that Needs Convincing" (IRD)
SunGard Team Develops Big Data-Consulting Product at Codeathon (SST)
ISO 20022 Adoption Proceeds, But 'Unevenly' (IRD)
For Most Buy-Side Firms, Addition of a CDO Not on the Radar (BST)
Chmiel Exits OneMarketData, Takes Helm at Satellite Image Analysis Vendor RS Metrics (IMD)
Frankfurt Regulation Roadshow Panel: Retro-fit vs. Greenfield Regulatory Reporting Systems (BST)
Opening Cross: Disrupt or Die (Or Rather, Prepare to Be Disrupted) (IMD)
Axon Enlists USAM for US PEAR Sales (IMD)
OpenMAMA Sets Out Six-Point Development Plan (IMD)
The Waters Profile: Curt Engler, JPMorgan Asset Management
JPMorgan Asset Management's Curt Engler: Building Bigger Better (Waters)
October Features
The Mila Mess: Finding Out What's Wrong with Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano (Waters)
Beyond the Credit Crunch: The New Credit Risk Landscape (Waters)
Buy or Die? Capital Markets M&A Activity Ramps Up (Waters)
The Finite Sunshine of the Cyber Mind (Waters)
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